Thank You for A Fabulous Family Fun Night

A big thank you to our Vista Verde community for supporting our Family Fun Night and Silent Auction.  We’d also like to thank our sponsors Kumon, Lena Ghezel, Newport Orthodontics and Waterworks Aquatics.  The event was a great success!

Uni Astronomy Night – November 2nd – Saturday

>University High School’s Astronomy Club, in partnership with other high school’s clubs, will be hosting an Astronomy Night on Saturday, November 2, 2019. The event will occur from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the UHS MPR.

Astronomers from UCI and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) will speak about space-related topics. In addition, several telescopes will be available for observing the moon and other celestial bodies.

Finally, a collection of activities (including building constellations with toothpicks and marshmallows and trivia) will be available.

AEFA Parent Meeting – November 5 – Tuesday

Join us for an AEFA Organizational Meeting on Tuesday, November 5th at 2pm in Mrs. Jacobs Room, #18.  Meeting is open to all parents interested in learning about Academic Enrichment programs.

Order Your Yearbook Now for $35- Price Goes Up on January 21st

Visit the Vista Verde website and find the link at the bottom right corner under “Quicklinks” for Order VV Yearbook.

Or click here to order.

Harvest Cup Tournament-Deadline to join – November 10

Have fun representing Vista Verde at this year’s Harvest Cup for boys and girls in grades 3-8. The tournament will be held on December 6-8 at OC Great Park.

All students are welcome to try out. The registration fee $35 per person (price includes 2 T-shirts) Register online at http://www.ocyouthsports.org/irvine.

Deadline to register is November 10. To join the girls grades 3-4 team currently being formed, email Maria Marshall at HarvestCup2019@gmail.com.  Parent volunteer coaches are needed! FOR GENERAL INFO CONTACT: Bryan Fournier at bfournier@silverpointadvisors.com. See flyer below.

AMC 8 Grades 5-8 – November 12 – Tuesday

The Vista Verde PTA Academic Enrichment For All will be offering AMC 8 this year on Tuesday November 12, 3:15-4:15PM.

The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development of problem-solving  skills. Possible topics include but are not limited to: counting and probability, estimation, proportional reasoning, elementary geometry including the Pythagorean Theorem, spatial visualization, everyday applications, and reading, interpreting graphs and tables, linear or quadratic functions and equations, coordinate geometry, and other topics traditionally covered in a beginning algebra course.

Sign up here before October 30th, if you would like to participate.

PTA General Assembly Mtg- at 8:40 am – November 19 – Tuesday

Join us after drop-off in the MPR for a PTA General Assembly Meeting.  We’ll have some sweet treats and do a little bit of PTA business.

Paper Airplane Challenge – November 20th – Wednesday

Can you build a paper airplane?  Test out the aerodynamics of your plane on Wednesday, November 20th in the MPR from 2pm to 4pm.  All K-8 students welcome.  See attached flyer for details and rules.

City of Irvine New Sports Class- Trail Runners – Starts on November 5 – Tuesday

Every Tuesday and Thursday your child will have the opportunity to walk, jog or run Orange County’s local trails.  It’s a great way for students to get outdoors and experience different sites in OC.